Job Description

Job Description
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At Wells Fargo, we want to satisfy our customers financial needs and help them succeed financially. Were looking for talented people who will put our customers at the center of everything we do. Join our diverse and inclusive team where youll feel valued and inspired to contribute your unique skills and experience.

Help us build a better Wells Fargo. It all begins with outstanding talent. It all begins with you.

Enterprise Finance drives financial management for the company and maintains and enhances risk and financial controls. Key functions within Enterprise Finance include finance and accounting; Treasury; corporate development, mergers, and acquisitions; Data Management and Insights, the Customer Remediation Center of Excellence, Enterprise Shared Services, Business Process Management, and Corporate Strategy. Enterprise Finance informs shareholders, regulators, taxing authorities, employees, and leaders of the companys financial performance through earnings releases, investor meetings and conferences, and meetings with regulators and credit rating agencies, following appropriate reporting guidelines. They also maintain and enhance risk and financial controls and lead many of the companys shared services functions including corporate properties, security, and global services.

It is an exciting time to be a part of Wells Fargos Enterprise Finance Control Organization (FCO). This newly created front line risk management position will help drive Risk transformation and implementation with a focus on Process, Risk and Controls. This front line Business Risk & Control Senior Officer will report to the Business Risk and Control Senior Manager within the Controller division Business Aligned Control team. *The candidate must have strong risk and control background and business knowledge (Controllership) is important.
Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Provide consulting and guidance to business groups on development and implementation of innovative, complex and highly integrated business specific risk management programs to identify, assess and mitigate risk.
* Counsel and escalate as front line liaison to Independent Risk Management senior management on the interpretation of policy, guidelines, and governance programs and/or implementation of program elements with high risk or significant impact and complexity.
* Provide expert-level risk management acumen to support the business in designing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, business processes and controls that mitigate risks and address regulatory requirements.
* Develop and implement risk monitoring and risk reporting processes and controls.
* Monitor and report on risk concentration, current and emerging risk, and risk appetite. Aggregates, evaluates, reports results and escalates.
* Design and execute control effectiveness assurance programs for Front Line-owned controls.
* Leads implementation of complex initiatives with high risk, generally spanning multiple business lines.
* Partners internally with the business, other business units, Audit, Legal, regulators, and industry partners regarding risk management of business-specific risk programs, reviews, initiatives/activities.
* Lead projects/virtual teams through supervision and mentoring.
* Adaptable to a dynamic and quickly changing, fast-paced work environment where priorities or focus may be flexible.
* Ability to focus on the details of an issue or task while keeping the big picture in mind (understand the context and connectivity by applying an integrated risk based approach).
* Issues management understanding, drive/execution in coordination and facilitating all stakeholders to ensure compliance and timely and effective remediation

Required Qualifications
* 10+ years of experience in risk management (includes compliance, financial crimes, operational risk, audit, legal, credit risk, market risk, IT systems security, business process management) or 10+ years of financial services industry experience, of which 7+ years must include direct experience in risk management

Desired Qualifications
* An active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
* Experience in tax operations, tax risk mitigation, or tax compliance in a large financial institution
* Knowledge and understanding of financial controls and risk
* Ability to analyze financial statements, accounting principles, tax returns, and personal financial statements
* Financial accounting experience
* Experience with governance and oversight requirements for regulatory and risk reporting
* Knowledge and understanding of ever-evolving regulatory environments and governance processes
* Knowledge and understanding of an end-to-end accounting process flow and control structure
* Virtual leadership experience with ability to effectively drive results, provide feedback/direction, and manage and build relationships with leaders and team members in a geographically dispersed team environment
* Ability to lead projects/initiatives with high risk and complexity
* Ability to motivate staff to prioritize work, meet deadlines, achieve goals, and work under pressure in a dynamic and complex environment
* Ability to exercise independent judgment to identify and resolve problems
* Ability to negotiate, influence, and collaborate to build successful relationships
* Ability to execute in a fast paced, high demand, environment while balancing multiple priorities

Other Desired Qualifications
* Controllership experience with strong risk and controls background. Focused expertise in Accounting Operations and Business Support, Tax, Governance Controls and Oversight, Enterprise Financial Reporting.
* Experience in Auditing, Compliance, and/or functions performing risk management, assessment, quality assurance, testing and validation, or remediation activities in the financial services industry.
* Experience in financial services organizations first, second, or third lines of defense.
* Proven ability to discern risk and influence risk management practices, formulate and implement effective strategies, and centrally manage risks in collaboration with lines of business/groups and support functions
* Recognized as an industry and subject matter expert with risk management functional knowledge. Counsels and escalates as front line liaison to Independent Risk Management senior management on the interpretation of policy, guidelines, and governance programs and/or implementation of program elements with high risk or significant impact and complexity
* Must possess a high degree of adaptability and tolerance for ambiguity

Disclaimer

All offers for employment with Wells Fargo are contingent upon the candidate having successfully completed a criminal background check. Wells Fargo will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable local, state and Federal law, including Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

Relevant military experience is considered for veterans and transitioning service men and women.
Wells Fargo is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.